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No. 884,031. PATENTEDAPR. 7, 1908. F. MOUNTPORD.

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APPARATUS FOR DECORATING POTTERY AND OTHER WARE.

Specification of-L'ettera Patent.

Patented April 7, 1908.

Application filed February 1, 1907, Serial No. 866,238.

To'aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK MOUNT- FORD, a subject of the King of Great Britain of Longton, in the county of Stafford, England, engineer, have invented a Machineor A aratus for Decorating Pottery and other Ware, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a machine or apparatus for decoratin cups, jugs, basins, saucers, plates and all kinds of flat or hollow ware, and other pottery ware, paper, papier mach, metallic, glass, wood celluloid, enamel or other articles in other words ware or similar articles which can be held upon astationary or revoluble block, chuck, or centerwhile the article itself or the block or chuck is capable of rotation or both capable of rotation together while the decoration is being carried on. Such decoration may be accomplished in a single or in plurality of'colors such colors or decorative material including metallic bronzes, gold, silver, oil, varnishes or the like.

My invention will be fully described with reference to the accompanying drawings which indicate a complete machine and also modifications all of which will be described and in which Figure 1 isa front elevation of the machine with the stationary'table removed, Fig. 2 side elevation from the right hand end of ,the machine, Fig. 3 elevation from the opposite end, Fi 4 sectional elevation on line 1, 2 of Fig. 5 and Fig; 5 plan. The remaining details of the machine are shown to .an enlarged scale and also include modifications of These drawings comprise in Fig. 6 sideelevation of the mechanother article at its interior, Fig. 7 back ele- Fig. 8 detail elevation artly igs. 6 ecorating the inside of a and 7 adapted .for

dish, or similar'article, Figs. 9

saucer, plate,

, and 9-side elevations of the device for decorating the handle of a cup or similar article,

Fig 10 front elevation of. same, Fig. 11 plan of the device for decorating the exterior of a cup or similar article, Fig. 12 side elevation of same, Fig. 13 plan, showing modified meansfor enabling the decorating or pattern device to be readily interchanged with others of different character, Fig. 14 end elevation,

artly in section, showing a modified device or decorating of the nature referred to or or other powders to be dusted sign after being transferred thereto by the framewor the exterior surface of a cup or similar article, Fig. 15 back elevation of device, Figs. 16 and 1.6- front elevation and plan of the device, Fig. 17 plan of a IGVQlVlIl table carrying the articles to be decorate] andshowing means for automati fllly enabling the articles to be decorated to be rotated', Fig. 18 elevation and sect onal elevation, res ectively, of device for -oldang the cup or t e like in an axial direct on lnle being decorated, Fig. 1.9 618378111911 ,artly n section and artial plan, respect ve y, showing modified device for decoratlng the NW dles of cups or the like, Fig. 20 part al sectional elevation showing the means for carrying a cup or similar article to be decorated, Fig. 21 detail elevatlon of cup holding device, Fig. 22 dpartial sectional plans relating to the cup hol ing modified means for holding the decorat ing device for the outside of a cup or the b ke, Fig. 24 plan showing a further modlficdtlon of the same device for enabling a plural ty of colors to be applied to the article and Fig. 25 sectional elevation showing modified means enabling the extreme edge of a saucer or f0r similar article to be decorated. F 1g. 2. 6 -1s a diagrammatic plan indicatin a glurahty of devices for enabling severa 00,0178 .to he transferred to the were to be decorated and includes means for enabling bronze powders on to the ,de-

external a pa'ratus; Fl 2 27 indicates .a further mo 'ficationin W chithedfi l SUI- faces are hollow and statlonary .whrle the ng device, Fig. 23 plan show- Y table 'carrying the were or articles .to ,be

decorated is rotated continuously. Figs. 3

and 29 sectional elevation andplan lfi lpgv' tively showing a modifiedsaucer decorating; 1sm for decorating the bottom of the cup or. d

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In carrfiing. out my invention 1 provide .a

a desi carry the whole 0 the mechanlsm forcarltying out the various purposes, a be tionarytable at the front of the mac ea .wlnch an operator may stand' and suptplf the .undecorated'ware to the machine an afterwards remove it on decoration .beingaccomplished.

ais a table to which a step .by step qrantermittent or in some cases continuousrotary motion is given,.preferably. the former so,=.that the inside base of. the on handle, -top,e dge, or outer surface can be decorated in one A?! several colors but forithe general purpo H sea-of my invention the principal .partsof thedola eta ned :in a suitable .way' to 

